Cooperatives – Radical Ecological Democracy

We Thought It Was Fiction

September 18, 2021April 13, 2022 Capitalism, Cooperatives, Democracy, New Politics, Power Dynamic, Revolutionary Struggle, Revolutionary Technology

The recent revelations concerning Pegasus, the malicious hacking software developed by the Israeli tech firm, NSO, confirm the paralyzingly intrusive capabilities being developed by the State-Corporate nexus to surveil and dominate the increasingly connected world we live in. Alfredo Lopez, Melanie Bush, Hamid Khan and Ken Montenegro, our colleagues from ” May First Movement Technology” discuss how the progressive and “alternatives” communities should organize to push back against this steady erosion of people’s rights, and work to end tech dominance and intrusion into our lives.

Action Agenda Analysis Ideas Stories

An economy that works for everyone

November 30, 2020April 13, 2022 Capitalism, Climate Change, Community, Cooperatives, Degrowth, Environment, New Economy, New Politics, Power Dynamic

Why does the current economic system continue to fail the vast majority of people all over the world despite the ostensible strength of the structures put in place to look after their welfare? How is it that while ecological turmoil and economic inequality continue to fester, the solutions provided by the ruling elite are always ineffective and mostly dubious? In this final part of the series on the “Shared Society”, Clem McCartney examines how the economy could be made to respond constructively to poverty, alienation and anomie affecting the world, and how people can proactively impact the process by which the economy is managed for the benefit of the majority, and ensure the survival of the planet rather than its annihilation.

Action Ideas Stories

Market Fundamentalism vs. Community Rights on the Danish Coastline

April 30, 2019April 13, 2022 Capitalism, Community Rights, Cooperatives, Energy, Environment, Europe, Market Fundamentalism

In the early 2000s, the market forces tried to upend the quiet lives of the fishing communities in northern Denmark, intending to make a fast buck on the fishing riches of the Bay of Jammerbugt coastline. Mathilde Autzen recounts the inspiring story of a smart and bold pushback organized by the Thorupstrand community to reclaim their fishing rights and lay the foundation of a sustainable future.

Action Agenda Analysis Ideas Stories

Small and Shared vs McMansions and Slums

August 3, 2018April 13, 2022 Capitalism, Community, Cooperatives, Environment, Innovation, New Economy, Sustainability

Contemporary urban housing has become an economic and environmental mess, a festering problem forever dodging solutions. Anitra Nelson explores the way out of the crisis and discusses the role cohousing could play in rejuvenating the urban space.

Agenda Analysis Ideas Stories

RED Conversations Series – “Alternative Futures: India Unshackled”

July 14, 2018April 13, 2022 Capitalism, Community, Conservation, Cooperatives, Democracy, Development, Ecology, Energy, Environment, New Economy, New Politics, Power Dynamic

Ashish Kothari was recently on a book tour in the U.S., promoting “Alternative Futures: India Unshackled”, a book he recently co-edited with K.J. Joy. Here, he discusses the main themes of the book with Pallav Das and an audience at “Busboys and Poets”, an activist book-store in Washington D.C.

Conversations Ideas Stories

RED Conversations Series

May 3, 2018April 13, 2022 Capitalism, Community, Cooperatives, Democracy, Development, Innovation, New Economy

Ashish Kothari interviews Joel Morist I Botines of Cooperativa Integral Catalana to understand the new thrust of the cooperative movement in Catalonia and how it can be an accessible template for the rest of the world.

Conversations Stories

RED Conversations Series

April 4, 2018April 13, 2022 Capitalism, Cooperatives, Democracy, Development, Environment, New Economy, New Politics

Ashish Kothari interviews Enric Duran for REDWeb. Enric is an activist challenging the power of monopolist banks and the founder of Faircoop, an open global cooperative.

Analysis

A Path To Freedom

September 27, 2017April 13, 2022 Community, Cooperatives, Democracy, Development, Innovation, New Economy, Policy, Revolutionary Struggle, Social, Sustainability

Gustavo Esteva narrates his encounter with “development” and how that has shaped his understanding of the need for crafting new alternatives to free market fundamentalism.

Stories